Previous Year History Questions for SSC CGL 2017

Dear students, SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam is near, now you need to pace up your studies. In GA Section, generally, 5 to 6 questions are asked from HISTORY PORTION. So we are providing 15 previous year questions everyday. these questions will help in improving your GENERAL AWARENESS portion.

Q1.The ‘Filtration Theory’ in educational policy of India was propagated by
(a) W.C. Wood
(b) Lord Macaulay
(c) J. Mill
(d) Lord Cornwallis
Q2.The Treaty of Bassein was signed with the British by Peshwa
(a) Balaji Baji Rao
(b) Baji Rao I
(c) Baji Rao II
(d) Madhav Rao

Q3. Who was the first to use the term ‘State’?
(a) Hobbes
(b) Plato
(c) Aristotle
(d) Machiavelli

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Q4. Bijapur is known for its
(a) Severe drought condition
(b) Gol Gumbaz
(c) Heavy rainfall
(d) Statue of Gomateswara

Q5. Who founded the Republican Party of India?
(a) Namboo Dripad
(b) Mulji Vaishya
(c) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(d) Sripad Dange

Q6. Tulsidas wrote Ram–charitmanas in the reign of
(a) Babur
(b) Akbar
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Jahangir

Q7. Rana Pratap Singh of Mewar was defeated by the Mughal army in the battle of
(a) Mewar
(b) Chittor
(c) Haldighati
(d) Udaipur

Q8. The ‘Sun Temple’ of Konark is in the State of
(a) Odisha
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Madhya Pradesh

Q9.The first sermon of Buddha made at Saranath is called
(a) Dharmachakra Pravartana
(b) Dharma Sansthapan
(c) Dharma Sabha
(d) Maha Parinirvan

Q10. Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?
(a) DadabhaiNaoroji
(b) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
(c) Bipin Chandra Pal
(d) LalaLajpatRai

Q11.Who among the following joined Mir Qasim and Shuja-ud-Daula in declaring war upon the English East India Company and was later defeated by
the British at the Battle of Buxar?
(a) Farrukhsiyar
(b) Jahandar Shah
(c) Muhammad Shah
(d) Shah Alam II

Q12.When was the treaty of Alinagar signed?
(a) February 1756
(b) September 1756
(c) February 1757
(d) April 1757

Q13.Which one of the following had drafted the Hindu Widows Remarriage Act ?
(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord Hardinge
(d) None of the above

Q14.During whose tenure, did the incident of Black Hole take place?
(a) Mir Zafar
(b) Mir Qasim
(c) Alivardi Khan
(d) Siraj-ud-Daulah

Q15.The first Englishman to acquire the knowledge of Sanskrit was
(a) James Princep
(b) Sir William Jones
(c) Charles Wilkins
(d) Max Muller

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